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Convicted streetlight scammers Patrick J. McLaine and Robert J. Kearns must face charges in Bucks County alleging they took money from Richland Township without following through on a contract to purchase and maintain its light poles. McLaine and Kearns, convicted in January 2013 of stealing $832,460 from Bethlehem Township taxpayers, argued the Bucks County charges violated a state rule requiring prosecutors to try related cases together and the constitutional protection against being tried twice for the same crime. In opinions last week, a panel of Superior Court judges found that the Bucks County case, in which the men are accused of stealing $165,000 Richland paid them to buy its...

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Convicted streetlight scammers Patrick J. McLaine and Robert J. Kearns must face charges in Bucks County alleging they took money from Richland Township without following through on a contract to purchase and maintain its light poles.McLaine and Kearns,...

A 17-year-old boy using Facebook to advertise an Apple MacBook for sale stole $340 from a man who arranged to buy it Monday night in Allentown, city police said.It was unclear Tuesday what charges the teen, identified in court records...

DOYLESTOWN — In the first day of preliminary hearing testimony in a $20 million insurance fraud case, topics ranged from whether a stockpile of hair spray could accelerate a fire — to whether a home sale was a sham transaction — to why police questioned a...

An Upper Saucon Township man stole a car in Allentown early Saturday and led police on a pursuit through three counties, according to court records.Carlos M. Estrella-Sanchez, 39, allegedly took the car from the 900 block of North Fifth...

A man's car was stolen last week after he left it running outside a Dunkin' Donuts in Mount Pocono, police said. Days later, police in northern New Jersey arrested Marcelino Mendez-Ruperto, 39, of Tobyhanna Township, according to Pocono...

Calling her a "dangerous woman," a Lehigh County judge on Monday sentenced Nakia Rivera to four to 10 years in a state prison for kidnapping her ex-girlfriend from the shower of an upscale Upper Saucon home last year.Rivera, 27, of Allentown...

A 22-year-old Coopersburg man robbed a Bucks County resident at gunpoint in his home Monday morning, according to Pennridge Regional Police.
Shane Higginbotham of the 400 block of Carriage Drive is charged with robbery, burglary and related...

Bethlehem police are investigating an armed robbery Wednesday in front of a man's Spring Court home.
Police said the robbery happened around 8:30 p.m. in the 2500 block of Spring Court. Police did not identify the man and said he was not injured.
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HARRISBURG — Authorities are investigating who placed a racially charged letter in the mailbox of Gov. Tom Wolf's embattled nominee to lead the state police.
The handwritten loose-leaf letter saying "No [racial epithet] lover will wear my...

Four men charged with burglarizing and vandalizing a Lafayette College fraternity building were accepted Wednesday into a first-offender program that will allow them to avoid a criminal record.
The four, including two Lafayette students and a recent...

A 56-year-old Canadensis woman left Monroe County Court this month with two purchased dog licenses and one stolen painting, according to police.Amanda Lou Packard of the 200 block of Mozzette Road is charged with theft of removable...

HARRISBURG — A Facebook campaign some retired and current Pennsylvania state troopers launched against Gov. Tom Wolf's pick to lead the agency has hit the streets, the halls of the Capitol and the confines of a small suburban police force.A group of...

A 45-year-old fugitive from New York was hiding in the Tobyhanna section of Coolbaugh Township using a Brooklyn man's name, police said.New York State Police were looking for Anthony Mitchell since September 2014 after he failed to show...

Two Northampton County men were charged with shoplifting in Carbon County after police in Lehigh County found $1,800 worth of merchandise the two stole from a Walmart, police said.
Glen Taormina, 28, of Easton and Edward Thierer III, 47, of Northampton...

A Lansford man arrested three months ago on shoplifting charges at the Walmart in Mahoning Township now has been charged with running a mobile methamphetamine lab.
Ronald Eidem Jr., 26, was taken into custody Dec. 20 after he fled the Walmart after...

A driver charged with hitting two women, killing one, Sunday night as they walked along Airport Road told investigators he heard about the crash on the news but couldn't have been involved because he is "not a bad person," police said.When...

An Allentown police officer chased down an armed robbery suspect last spring, stopping the man by firing his Taser and stunning him at least three times, according to court records.Officer Ryan G. Alles wasn't done there, authorities said. He kicked the...

Last decade, the deli at Ninth and Liberty streets in Allentown was witness to a shooting gallery.
Three men were shot outside the Johana Grocery and Deli in 2007, including one who ran into the store, collapsed and died. A year later, a man and boy were...

A 33-year-old man is facing pimping charges following his arrest during a prostitution sting Thursday morning at a south Allentown motel.Isaac B. Pearson, with no current address, would force the woman who worked for him to hand over...